Our discussion of this issue can now continue without anybody having to speed scroll past the picture. I would have responded sooner, but was out of town at a conference. So here I am, getting up to speed. There were a number of good comments in the previous thread, but out of all of them, …
Okay, Okay . . . Miss California
Well, let me say just a couple of serious things before I talk about what makes me wheeze. I saw an interview with Miss Carrie Prejean about her now infamous run-in with the kind of insane interaction that must have occurred on Lot’s front porch. She seemed like a sweet and sincere Christian to me, …
Fireproof
Last night Nancy and I watched Fireproof and I wanted to tell you what I thought of it. I figured I needed to give it a look because it is a big evangelical thing and some folks in my congregation had asked me about it. I did not have high expectations going into it for …
Taking Age for Grace
“Besides, I have observed, that old men have blessed themselves with this mistake; namely, taking the decays of nature for a gracious conquest over corruptions, and so have been apt to beguile themselves” (John Bunyan, Pilgrim’s Progress).
The Smell of Gasoline
We know that when she cast her eyes upon him, Joseph fled from Potiphar’s wife (Gen. 39:12). We know also that Paul told Timothy to flee youthful lusts (2 Tim. 2:22). In a world crammed full of enticements to lust, adopting this basic strategy is something that a lot more men need to learn how …
Wee Timorous Beastie
Nietzsche was a master wordsmith, and so he effectively projected a bad boy image of himself up on our culture’s screen, an image calculated to make all his maiden Lutheran aunts shudder, and perhaps weep a little. But inside, that man was Burns’ mouse beneath the harrow — a wee timorous beastie. Now this is …
You Dogmatic Pig
See more Jack Black videos at Funny or Die No, I have not gone all nerdy on you, and yes, I am about to analyze the argument presented in the above musical spoof of California’s Prop 8. Here is the argument presented by Prop 8: The Musical. Christians who profess to follow the Bible must, …
Arguing High Theology with the Hot Dog Vendor
One of the testing points of wisdom is the matter of identifying what the real issue is. In ancient rhetoric, this is what stasis theory was about — what is really at issue? What is the hinge upon which all turns? Luther complimented Erasmus at the conclusion of The Bondage of the Will because he …
Pomosexuality
INTRODUCTION: As we look around us, we see nations and cultures in disarray. There are so many things going wrong, that is would be quite easy to despair. Where to start? What battles should we fight, and what should we let alone? This is itself quite an important issue, as Martin Luther once wisely noted. …
Loudly Being Orthodox at All the Irrelevant Places
I have sometimes spoken with Christians who have said something like “we really ought to emphasize the love of God,” and we should not focus on the negative “by pointing out heresy.” All that is necessary is to declare the truth. Why engage with error? Why give it the time of day? The problem with …